Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
I've seen him put down and criticized so many times for making changes TO HIS OWN MOVIES. If he were doing those changes to someone elses, then I would feel the same way many do in having a low opinion of him. He himself even said that he supports an artists right to their properties, but doesn't feel one artist should change another's work. In my opinion, he is still that high school kid, excited to try out new things, as he has in the prequels. I hate it when people put down his use of CG, becuase he is the one who basically invented most special effects in the first place. He used them in the OT, but no one complained. No one said "Those special effects have gone to his head and he can't tell a story." For the PT, technology had merely improved, and he took advantage of this. The advance in technology allowed him to fully reallize the visions he had in his head of what he wanted to see for all of these years since 1973 when he wrote the overall story. He, as you know, had to make MANY compromises with the OT, and things didn't go how he would have liked. You've heard the quote where he says he was disappointed the first ten years after the OT was released, right? Well, everyone should be happy for him, that he was finally able to create the films he wanted with the prequels, and perfect the films he ,ade with the OT SE. Try not to let your personal preferences get in the way when thinking of Lucas. He may be this obsessive, perfectionist, greedy, crazy person you say, but.. then again, he might just be an artist perfecting his work, without listening to the comments of others. The studios told him in the 90's that the original fans would not like the PT, but, he told the story he wanted regardless. How many people do you know who would risk a reputation like that in order to tell a story? Not many. Most artists like Lucas are controlled by the studios, WHO ARE THE REAL MONEY HUNGRY PEOPLE. The studios have the sole goal of profits. Now, of course, that is one of his goals as well. But the studios look at the films as products, rather than stories. So they create them and cut them to appeal to people. Lucas, through his independent nature, was able to avoid that all of these years, and tell the stories exactly the way he wanted to. And I cannot hate him for that.
I dont hate him as said
People do critize him for making changes for which he has the right to make, but for these people have the problem of him not making rightly or wrongly the original version available on a decent format, this exsperates the problem, nobody begrudges him his vision if he was dissapointed with the effects, but changing the story crosses the line for some (Shaw Greedo etc) if it was effects they would not be so much of a problem. now to be fair to Lucas and Lucasfilm he lets people on here carry on with their O.T projects but millions who want the O.O.T dont know about this place and would as a thank you to loyal fans for 25 plus years release them, as they helped towards his success and fame and the success of Star Wars, would it hurt him without comprising his vision, not everybody is SFX obsessed .
You have called him greedy for "milking the cash cow" etc and Luca($) for going on Donald Trump and releasing a boxset, Im sure now people dont begrudge making money through his films though some of the merchandising is excessive and silly but you cant critise other people for saying that then do it yourself.
The originals people not liking the prequels, I am sure most have given them every chance, to me and others maybe the quality isnt there in the first two, and I am not just talking about Jar Jar, it seems no cocindence that a proportion of originals people like Sith but not the other two that should tell Lucas and people something...